Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 23, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, May 23, 19981 death · 2 injured · $255,000 · 61 kt wind · 20 events
• Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998$7.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 16 events
• Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1998$6.0 million · 3 in hail · 15 events
• Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998$236,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998$267,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
• Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 19981 injured · $51,000 · F1 · 7 events
• Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998$95,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events
• Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 23, 19981 injured · $50,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Missouri, May 23, 19981 injured · F1 · 1 event
• Flood in Puerto Rico, May 23, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 23, 1998$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 23, 19981 in hail · 13 events

Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 1998

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5648874.